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A novelty of this year's Padma awards list was

Padma Shris being given to one person from all

10 Asean nations to mark 25 years of India's

partnership with the southeast Asian grouping.

Award Winners are Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai

Haji Othman of Brunei, Hun Many of Cambodia, Nyoman

Nuarta of Indonesia, Bounlap Keokangna of Laos, Datuk

Ramli Bin Ibraham of Malaysia, Dr. Thant Myint U of

Myanmar, Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III of the Philippines,

Tommy Koh of Singapore, Somdet Phra Ariya Wongsa

Khottayan of Thailand and Nguyen Tien Thien of Vitentam.

PADMA AWARDS For ASEAN nations

ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,

Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar,

Vietnam.

PADMA AWARDS For ASEAN nationsIndia-ASEAN@25 year's friendship

I n d i a a n d

Association of

South East Asian

Nations have

celebrated 25

years of their

r e l a t i o n s h i p .

India's ties with South-east Asia date back more than

2,000 years. Ancient trade between India and

countries such as Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand is

well documented. The heads of Governments of

ASEAN nations were invited as guests for Republic day

function.

Further trade ties: With an aim to further trade ties, thIndia and ASEAN on the 26 of January agreed to

target a swift conclusion to the comprehensive and

mutually beneficial Regional Comprehensive

Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2018. Other

agreements between India-ASEAN……

Both s ides a l so reaff i rmed the i r

commitment to enhance physical and

digital connectivity in line with the Master

Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 and the

ASEAN ICT Masterplan (AIM) 2020 by

availing the $1-billion line of credit

announced by India.

India and ASEAN will also work towards

encouraging early completion of the

India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral

Highway Project and extend this

trilateral highway to Cambodia, Lao

PDR and Vietnam, according to the

Delhi Declaration of the ASEAN-India

Commemorative Summit.

It was agreed to establish closer ASEAN-

India air links to promote tourism, trade,

and enhance greater connectivity between

10-nation grouping ASEAN and India.

There were also agreements on

cooperation for conservation and

sustainable use of marine resources in

the Indian and Pacific Oceans

It also emphasised the need to promote

maritime transport cooperation

between ASEAN and India, and encourage potential private

sector participation in the development of seaports

According to the declaration, promotion of stable and sustainable

growth for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs),

including through technology transfer, as well as enhancing

capacity building, technical assistance

India and ASEAN countries will continue

to collaborate in peaceful exploitation of

outer space, through the implementation

of the ASEAN-India Space Cooperation

Programme, including launching of

satellites.

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InternationalInternationalValletta Becomes Europe’s Capitalof Culture: Valletta, the capital ofMalta officially named EuropeanCapital of Culture 2018. Valletta willshare the title with Leeuwarden, acity in the Netherlands. Notably, the‘European Capitals of Culture’initiative aims to highlight thediversity of European culture and toincrease the cit izens’ sense ofbelonging to a common cultural area.

Unemployment rate rising: ILOIndia could witness a higher

unemployment rate of 3.5 per cent in2018, a little more than the 3.4 per centprojected earlier, the InternationalLabour Organisation (ILO) has said inits latest report. The unemploymentrate in the country will stand at 3.5per cent in 2018 and 2019 – the samelevel, the ILO’s ‘World Employment andSocial Outlook: Trends 2018’report said.

The ILO said the unemploymentrate at a global level would declinefor the first time in three years.

The number of jobless in thecountrywillincreaseto 18.6mi l l i onin 2018and 18.9mi l l i onin 2019, against 18.3million in2017.

ILO had forecast that the numberof unemployed in the country isexpected to be 18 million in 2018and had estimated the unemployment figure for 2017 at17.8 million.

The ILO has projected a dipin unemployment rate globallyfrom 5.6 per cent in 2017 to 5.5per cent in 2018 and 2019.

However, with a growing numberof people entering the labour

market to seek employment, thetotal number of unemployed isexpected to remain stable in 2018,above 192 million.

DHARMA launched: A softwareprogramme known as Dam Health andRehabilitation Monitoring Application(DHARMA) was launched to documentauthentic asset in case of Damrehabilitation and improvement project.The first International Dam SafetyConference-2018 was held in Kovalam,Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) fromJanuary 23-24, 2018. It was organizedjointly by Central Water Commission(CWC), Kerala Water ResourcesDepartment (KWRD), NationalInstitute of Technology, Calicut (NITC),and College of Engineering.US designates six individuals asglobal terrorists: The United Statesimposed sanctions on six individualswith links to the Afghan Taliban andHaqqani Network, specially stressingon their links to Pakistan, as well.The move comes weeks after the US,on January 4, suspended military aidto Pakistan and demanded “decisiveaction” against the factions of theTaliban based in the country.Meanwhile, Republican Party SenatorRand Paul introduced a legislationthat proposes reallocating the morethan $2 billion that was meant for

civilian assistance to Pakistan.

NationalNationalGarbage Festival Organised inChhattisgarh: The Raipur MunicipalCorporation in Chhattisgarhorganizedthe three-dayKachraMahotsav2018, from19 th to22nd. It is India’s first GarbageFestival. The festival aimed toincrease awareness, use the wastegenerated in the city creatively, andto showcase multiple techniques forreusing things that are labeled asgarbage.

Lalu Yadav Gets 5 Years In Jail InThird Fodder Scam Case: FormerBihar chief minister Lalu Yadav andhis longtime aide, Jagannath Mishrawere sentenced to five years in jail

and a Rs. 5 lakh fine each in a thirdfodder scam case. Mr Yadav is alreadyserving a jail term in the secondfodder scam case. Verdicts in twomore cases against him are expectedover the next few months.

The fodder scam involved theembezzlement of more than Rs. 970crore in government funds during LaluYadav’s term as the Chief Minister ofundivided Bihar from 1990 to 1997. Thelatest case involves the siphoningof Rs. 33.67 crore from the Chaibasatreasury against an allocationof Rs. 7.10 lakh in 1992-93. Mr Yadavwas named as the main conspiratorby the Central Bureau of Investigation.

IMT Ghaziabad selected as UnitedNations PRME Champion:Ghaziabad-based Institute ofManagement and Technology (IMT)has been selected as one of thechampions of the United Nations’initiative on Principles forResponsible Management Education(PRME). The announcement wasmade on January 23 at the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos,Switzerland.

PRME Champions Group comprisesa group of B-Schools engaged asPRME signatories from across theworld, committed to making broad-scale implementation ofsustainability principles a reality.IMT is now one of the 38 B-schoolsfrom various countries that are partof PRME Initiative for the 2018-19

Champions Cycle. The aim of thePRME Champions group is to worktowards developing and promotingactivities which focus on UnitedNations’ Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs).

Member-institutes will be required totake the lead in the areas ofcurriculum, research and partnership,as well as to contribute to grouplearning with examples of innovativepractices in implementing the goals.

Aadhaar is Oxford dictionary’sHindi word of 2017: Oxford

Dictionaries has chosen ‘Aadhaar’ asthe Hindi word of 2017. The word

gained popularity due to Aadhaarcard, which was in news last year andis likely to remain in highlight this

year as well. The announcement wasmade at a session Oxford Dictionaries’Hindi Word of the Year during the

ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival.

Other words such as Mitron,Notebandi, Gau-Rakshak were alsoconsidered, but the widespread

discussions and debates around‘Aadhaar’ was reason it was selected

as the word of the year.


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EconomyEconomyUDAN to link 73 airports, helipads:The Centre said 73 unserved airportsand helipads would be connectedunder the phase 2 of the regionalconnectivity scheme UDAN.

Of the 90proposalsawarded toprovide flightconnectivityto more than300 regional

routes, Interglobe Aviation, theparent firm of IndiGo, was awarded amaximum of 20 proposals followed bySpiceJet with17. Jet Airways won 4proposals.

The States with maximum number ofairports and helipads which will seeactivation under UDAN 2 schemeinclude Uttarakhand (15), UttarPradesh (9), Arunachal Pradesh (8),Himachal Pradesh (6), Assam (5) andManipur (5). Some of the cities thatwould now be connected include

Kargil, Darbhanga, Kasauli, Bokaro,Dumka, Hubli, Kannur and Pakyong,among others.

India ranks 62 in InclusiveDevelopment: India was on the 22nd

of January ranked at the 62nd placeamong emerging economies onan Inclusive Development Index,much below China’s 26th position andPakistan’s 47th. Norway remains theworld’s most inclusive advancedeconomy, while Lithuania again topsthe list of emerging economies,the World Economic Forum (WEF) saidwhile releasing the yearly index

The index takes into account the“living standards, environmentalsustainability and protection of futuregenerations from furtherindebtedness”.

India was ranked 60th among 79developing economies last year, asagainst China’s 15th and Pakistan’s52nd position.

Among advanced economies, Norwayis followed by Ireland, Luxembourg,Switzerland and Denmark in the topfive. Small European economiesdominate the top of the index, withAustralia (9) the only non-Europeaneconomy in the top 10. The top-fivemost inclusive emerging economiesare Lithuania, Hungary, Azerbaijan,Latvia and Poland.

Performance is mixed among BRICSeconomies, with the RussianFederation ranking 19th, followedby China (26), Brazil (37), India (62)and South Africa (69). Theneighbouring countries ranked aboveIndia include Sri Lanka (40),Bangladesh (34) and Nepal (22).

IMF, World Bank peg India’s GDPgrowth higher than AdvanceEstimates: The InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) and the WorldBank have projected India’s growth tobe higher than 6.5 per cent for thecurrent financial year (2017-18),calculated by the AdvanceEstimates. Both the multi lateralagencies pegged growth at 6.7 percent.

The IMF forecast China’s growth tocome down to 6.6 per cent in 2018,from 6.8 per cent in 2017. The WorldBank had projected China’s growth at6.4 per cent in 2018, compared to 6.8per cent in 2017.

India’s richest 1% corner 73% ofwealth generation: SurveyThe richest 1 per cent in India cornered73 per cent of the wealth generated inthe country last year, a new surveyshowed on the 21 st of January,presenting a worrying picture of risingincome inequality. Besides, 67 croreIndians comprising the populationspoorest half saw their wealth rise byjust 1 per cent, as per the surveyreleased by the international rights

group Oxfam hours before the start ofthe annual congregation of the rich andpowerful from across the world in thisresort town.

The situation appears even more grimglobally, where 82 per cent of thewealth generated last year worldwidewent to the 1 per cent, while 3.7billion people that account for thepoorest half of population saw noincrease in their wealth.

Mauritius Largest Source of FDI inIndia - Reserve Bank of India:Mauritius was the largest source offoreign investment in India (21.8percent share at market value ),followed by the US and the UK,according to a census by the ReserveBank of India. Singapore and Japanwere the next two sources of foreigndirect investment (FDI).

Union Government To Infuse OverRs. 88 Thousand Crore In 20 PSB:The Union Government announced88,139 crore rupees capital infusionin 20 public sector banks, PSBs,during the current fiscal ending 31stMarch to boost lending and revivegrowth. IDBI Bank will get the most-Rs10,610 crore followed by State Bankof India 8,800 crore rupees.

BilateralBilateralBilateral agreements with ASEANcountries: During bilateral meetingwith Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi, Philippines President RodrigoDuterte, discussed the menace of“urban terrorism” and “drugtrafficking”, and agreed to cooperateon intelligence sharing and capacity-building.

Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loongexpressed optimism about India-ASEAN ties, and said Singapore canshare experience and know-how on“fintech” (financial technology) whichwill help the move towards digitalcashless economy, one of thegovernment’s flagship initiatives afterdemonetisation.

India, Cambodia ink 4 pacts:India and Cambodia on the 27 th ofJanuary inked four pacts, includingone to improve cooperation inprevention, investigation of crimesand legal assistance in criminalmatters, besides a line of creditfrom India to fund Cambodia’s StungSva Hab water resources developmentproject for $36.92 million.

India and Cambodia also signed aMoU on the prevention of humantrafficking.They also inked a pact forcultural exchanges through 2018-2020.


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GeometryCo-ordinate Geometry:

• The distance between two points

1 1 2 2A x , y , B x , y is

2 22 1 2 1AB x x y y

• The distance between the origin and

the point 1 1x , y is 12 2

1x y

• (i) Distance of a point 1 1P x , y fromX - axis is 1| y |

(ii) Distance of a point 1 1P x , y fromY-axis is 1| x | .

Example 21:

The vertices of a tr iangle areA(4,3), B( 2,3), and C(6, 1); X(1, 1)

is a point in the interior of the triangleABC . Which of the following iscorrect?(A) X is equidistant from A, B & C(B) A is equidistant from X, B & C(C) AX BX CX

(D) X is the circumcentre of ABC

Solution: (A)

2 2 2 2AX 4 1 3 1 3 4 5

2 2 2 2BX 2 1 3 1 3 4 5

2 2 2 2CX 6 1 1 1 5 0 5

AX BX CX

• The point ‘P’ which divides the linejoining 1 1A x , y , 2 2B x , y in theratio m : n internally (+) (or) externally(–) is

2 1 2 1mx nx my y,m n

P nm n

• If ‘C’ is the mid point of the AB , where 1 1 2 2A x , y , B x , y then

1 2 1 2x x y y,2 2

C

Example 22:

Point P divides the line segment joiningthe points A(2,1) and B (5, 8) such

that AP 1AB 3

. If P lies on the line

2x y + k = 0, then k =(A) –4 (B) 4(C) –8 (D) 8

Solution: (C)

AP : AB 1: 3

AP : PB 1: 2 m : n

1 1A x , y is (2, 1)

2 2B x , y is 5, 8

P is 2 1 2 1mx nx my ny,m n m n

1 5 2 2 1 8 2 1

,1 2 1 2

3, 2

3, 2 satisfies 2x y k 0

2 3 2 k 0

k 8

• Area of triangle:Area of the tr iangle formed by

1 1 2 2 3 3A x , y , B x , y , C x , y

is

1 2 1 2

1 3 1 3

x x y y1x x y y

sq.units2

• Area of quadrilateral:Area of the qudrilateral formed by

1 1 2 2 3 3A x , y , B x , y C x , y and

4 4D x , y taken in order is

1 3 1 3

2 4 2 4

x x y y1x x y y

sq.units2

• Slope of a line:

If ‘ ’ is the inclination of a line withx-axis, then ‘tan ’ is called the slopeof the line and slope is denoted by ‘m’.

If 1 1 2 2A x , y , B x , y , then

Slope of a line 2 1

2 1

y yAB

x x

where 1 2x x

2 1

2 1

y ym tan

x x

• Let 1m and 2m be the slopes of twolines.(i) If 1 2m m 1 , then the lines areperpendicular and(ii) If 1 2m m then the lines areparallel.

• The equation of a line parallel to thex - axis and passing through the point(a, b) is y = b

• The equation of a line parallel toy - axis and passing thorugh the point(a, b) is x a

• The equation of the x - axis is y = 0

• The equation of the y - axis is x 0

• The reflection of the line y = k inx - axis is y k

• The reflection of the line x k iny - axis is x k

• The slope of the line ax by c 0 isab

Example 23:

The value of K for which the graphs of

K 1 x y 2 0 and 2 K x 3y 1 0 are parallel.

(A) 12

(B) 12

(C) 2 (D) –2Solution: (A)

If 1 1 1a x b y c 0 and2 2 2a x b y c 0 are parallel, then1 1

2 2

a ba b

K 1 12 K 3

3K 3 2 K

1 2K 1K2

Equation of a straight line:

• Slope-intercept form :The equation of the line having slope‘m’ and y - intercept ‘c’ is y = mx + c

• Slope-point form:Equation of the line passing through 1 1x , y and having slope ‘m’ is

1 1y y m x x

• Two-point form:The equation of the line passingthrough 1 1x , y and 2 2x , y is

2

2 11 1

1

y yy y x xx x

(or) 1 1

2 1 2 1

y y x xy y x x

• Intercept form:

(i) If a line AB intersect x-axis A a,0

and y-axis at B 0, b then x-intercept= a; y-intercept = b

(ii) The equations of the line AB

withx - intercept ‘a’ and y-intercept ‘b’ isx y 1a b

Example 24:

The area of the triangle formed by thestraight line 3x 2y 6 and the co-ordinate axes is(A) 3 sq. units (B) 6 sq. units(C) 4 sq. units (D) 8 sq. units

Solution: (A)

(2, 0)

(0, 3)

3x 2y 6

x y 12 3

Area of the triangle 1 base height2

1 2 3 3 sq.units2

• (i) The length of the perpendicular from

1 1P x , y to ax by c 0 is

1 1

2 2

ax by c

a b

(ii) The length of the perpendicular from origin to the line ax by c 0 is

2 2

c

a b(iii) The distance between the parallel lines 1ax by c 0 and

2ax by c 0 is 1 2

2 2

c c

a b

• If h, k is the foot of the perpendicularfrom 1 1x , y to the lineax by c 0 , then

1 11 12 2

ax by ch x k ya b a b

• If h, k is the image of the point

1 1x , y with respect to the line

ax by c 0 , then 1 11 1

2 2

2 ax by ch x k ya b a b

Example 25:

The perpendicular distance from 4, 5 to the straight line3x 4y 18 is(A) 10 (B) 20(C) 5 (D) 15

Solution: (A)

1 12 2

ax by cda b

2 2

3 4 4 5 18 12 20 1853 4

= 10

• 1 1 2 2A x , y , B x , y

2 22 1 2 1AB x x y y

• 1 1x , y

12 2

1x y

• (i) X- 1 1P x , y

1| y |

• (ii)Y- 1 1P x , y

1| x |

• 1 1A x , y , 2 2B x , y

‘P’ m : n

2 1 2 1mx nx my nyP ,m n m n

• 1 1 2 2A x , y , B x , y

‘C’

1 2 1 2x x y yC ,

2 2

• :

1 1 2 2 3 3A x , y , B x , y , C x , y

1 2 1 2

1 3 1 3

x x y y1x x y y2

(

• :

1 1 2 2 3 3A x , y ,B x , y C x , y

4 4D x , y

1 3 1 3

2 4 2 4

x x y y1x x y y2

(

• :x – ‘ ’

Tan

‘m’

1 1 2 2A x , y , B x , y

AB

2 1

2 1

y yx x

1 2x x

2 1

2 1

y ym tanx x

• 1m 2m

(i) 1 2m m 1

(ii) 1 2m m

• x-(a, b)

y = b

• y-(a, b)

x = a

• x-y = 0

• y-x = 0

• x- y k


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• y-

x k

• ax by c 0 = a

b

• :

‘m’

‘c’y = mx + c

• :

‘m’ 1 1x , y

1 1y y m x x

• :

(i) 1 1x , y 2 2x , y

2

2 11 1

1

y yy y x x

x x

1 1

2 1 2 1

y y x xy y x x

• :

(i) AB x- A a,0

y- B 0,b

x-ay-b

(ii) AB

x-a

y- b x y 1a b

(i) ax by c 0 1 1P x , y

1 1

2 2

ax by c

a b

(ii) ax by c 0

2 2

c

a b

(iii) 1ax by c 0

1 2

2 2

c c

a b

• ax by c 0

1 1x , y h,k

1 11 12 2

ax by ch x k ya b a b

• ax by c 0

1 1x , y h,k

1 11 1

2 2

2 ax by ch x k ya b a b

:

A(4,3), B(-2,3) C(6,-1). ABCX(1,-1) A X A, B C BA X, B C C AX BX CX

DX ABC

: A

: 2 2 2 2AX 4 1 3 1 3 4 5

2 2 2 2BX 2 1 3 1 3 4 5

2 2 2 2CX 6 1 1 1 5 0 5

AX BX CX

:

A(2,1)B (5,-8)

P AP 1AB 3

AB P

2x - y + k = 0k = A -BC-D

: C

:

AP : AB 1: 3AP : PB 1: 2 m : n

1 1A x , y is (2, 1)

2 2B x , y is (5, –8)

P

= 2 1 2 1mx nx my ny,m n m n

= 1 5 2 2 1 8 2 1

,1 2 1 2

= (3, –2)(3, –2) 2x - y + k = 0

2 3 2 k 0

k 8

:

K 1 x y 2 0

2 K x 3y 1 0

K

A 12

B12

C2D 2

: A

1 1 1a x b y c 0

2 2 2a x b y c 0

1 1

2 2

a ba b

K 1 12 K 3

3K 3 2 K

1 2K 1K2

:

3x 2y 6

A B

C D

: A

:

(2, 0)

(0, 3)

3x 2y 6 x y 12 3

12

1 2 32

:

3x 4y 18 (–4, 5)

A B

C D

: A

:

1 1

2 2

ax by cda b

2 2

3 4 4 5 18 12 20 1853 4

= 10

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TELANGANATELANGANAUAE firms to invest Rs. 3,500Crore in Telangana: Business

conglomerates Lulu Group and B R

Shetty Group signed separate

Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)

with the State government on the 28th

of January for a combined investment

of Rs. 3,500 crore in the State. While

Lulu Group will invest Rs. 2,500

crore, B R Shetty Group will invest

Rs. 1,000 crore.

The Lulu Group signed a MoU for

establishing a vegetable processing

unit in Medak district, a food

processing unit in Ranga Reddy

district and a mega shopping mall

spread over 1.8 million sft near

Malaysian Township in Hyderabad.

These three projects are expected to

generate direct employment to about

6,000 people in the State.

Similarly, another MoU was signed

with B R Shetty Group which will

invest in three major projects with a

cumulative investment of about Rs

1,000 crore over a period of three to

five years. The group will set up a

pharma manufacturing and R&D

(research and development) unit, a

medical device manufacturing unit

and also establish greenfield multi-

specialty hospitals and higher

education institutions. Both the

pharmaceutical manufacturing and

medical device manufacturing units

will be established in 20 acres land

each. Telangana Medical Devices Park

is coming up in Sultanpur on the

outskirts of Hyderabad.

ANDHRA PRADESHANDHRA PRADESHAward for Lokesh: Andhra

Pradesh. In the field of Panchayat Raj& Rural Development, Young Cabinet

Minister Nara Lokesh was conferred

with the Dr. Kalam Innovation in

Governance Award 2018. The awardwas given away by Rajya SabhaSecretary-General Desh Deepak

Verma

Andhra Pradesh to set upBlockchain varsity: Covalent Fundhas signed an agreement with theAndhra Pradesh government to set up

a Blockchain university. The pact willalso focus on creation of manpower,

access to capital and creation of anIndia-focused Velugu Blockchainstack under Fintech Valley Vizag, the

flagship initiative of the state.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu and Telangana IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao have participated in the World Economic Forum summit held in Davos,Switzerland from the 23rd of January to the 26th of January. Andhra Pradesh IT and

Panchayat Raj Minister Nara Lokesh also participated in the summitto attract investors.A.P. has caught the fancy of global investors: CM. Andhra PradeshChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on the 27th of January said hisparticipation in the World Economic Forum (WEF) - 2018 meeting inDavos was fruitful.Vedanta venture: The Vedanta Group had come forward to set up acopper smelter and build a commercial complex on the land in itspossession in Visakhapatnam. The Alibaba Group had expressed itskeenness on establishing a data centre, which would be the Chinese

company’s second facility in India after the one in Mumbai.Zurich, Hitachi: The Sister–State agreement with Zurich and the MoU with Hitachi forimporting advanced e-governance practices were the other major accomplishmentsNatural farming: The United Nations Environment Program promised to assist theState in expanding the footprint of zero-budget natural farming.Nara Lokesh markets Andhra Pradesh in Davos: Andhra Pradesh InformationTechnology minister Nara Lokesh on the 24th of January marketed Andhra Pradesh infront of investors at a round table conference on ‘development of manufacturing sectorand action to be taken’ organised by the Indian government at Invest India Lounge inDavos. Lokesh elaborated the measures taken by the Andhra Pradesh Government fordevelopment of industrial sector, specifically manufacturing sector.

KTR @ Davos: Telangana Industries Minister KT Rama Rao held a series ofdiscussions with various industrialists during the World Economic Forum,Davos.KTR called on Richard Ambrose, EVP, Lockheed Martin at Telangana Pavilionin Davos. He also met….. Nikolina Angelkova, Minister of Tourism, Republic of Bulgaria. Gautam Adani, Chairman of Adani Group. Kito de Boer, Managing Partner, The Abraaj Group. Susan Silbermann, President of Pfizer Vaccines. Henk de Jong, EVP and Chief of International Markets, Philips. The Telangana delegation, led by the Minister, met heads of other leading

entities including PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi.

Telugu States representatives @ Davos


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Science & TechnologyScience & TechnologyNew schemes launched for youngscientists: Minister for Science andTechnology, on the 24th of Januarylaunched four new schemes whichseek to help young researchers torealise their potential more fully fortheir own benefit as well as for thebetterment of the society at large.

The first initiative called TeacherAssociateship for ResearchExcellence (TARE) Scheme aims totap the latent potential of facultyworking in state universities, collegesand private academic institutions

The second initiative called OverseasVisiting Doctoral Fellowship will seekto enhance international mobility ofIndian research students with a viewto create a pool of globally trainedmanpower. The scheme will provideopportunities for research studentsto access top class research facilitiesin academia and laboratories acrossthe world.

The third initiative is designed torecognise and reward PrincipalInvestigators (PIs) of projects fundedby Science and Engineering ResearchBoard (SERB) under the Departmentof Science and Technology, who haveperformed remarkably well. CalledSERB Distinguished InvestigatorAward (DIA), the scheme would be aone-time career award devised tospecifically cater to the youngerscientists.

The fourth initiative called AWSAR(Augmenting Writing Skills forArticulating Research) is designed toencourage, empower and endowpopular science writing throughnewspapers, magazines, blogs, socialmedia, etc.

Chinese scientists break keybarrier by cloning monkeys:Chinese scientists have clonedmonkeys using the same techniquethat produced Dolly the sheep twodecades ago, breaking a technicalbarrier that could open the door tocopying humans. Zhong Zhong andHua Hua, two identical long-tailedmacaques, were born

First India-designed vaccinepasses WHO test: For the first time,a vaccine conceived and developedfrom scratch in India has been “pre-quali fied” by the World HealthOrganisation.

The Rotavac vaccine, developed by theHyderabad-based Bharat Biotech

Limited lastyear, wasincluded inIndia’snationalimmunisation

programme. To be “pre-qualified”means that the vaccine can be soldinternationally to several countries inAfrica and South America.

EnvironmentEnvironmentIndia Ranks 177 in EnvironmentalPerformance Index: India ranks 177among 180 countries in theEnvironmental Performance Index(EPI)2018, according to a biennialreport by Yale and ColumbiaUniversities along with the WorldEconomic Forum. India ranked 141 in2016 report. The report was releasedon the sidelines of the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos,Switzerland. Switzerland leads thelist, followed by France, Denmark,and Malta.

SportsSportsIndia wins Blind World Cup: Indiahas retained the World Cup for theBlind. In the final on the 20 th ofJanuary, India defeated Pakistan by twowickets at Sharjah in UAE. Team Indiaachieved the victory target losing 8wickets for 309 with one over to spare.

West Indies to Host 2018 WomensWorld T20: The InternationalCricket Council (ICC) announced the

2018 edition of the Women’s WorldT20 will be hosted by West Indies inNovember 2018. The November eventin the Caribbean will be the firststand-alone ICC Women’s WorldTwenty20 after the past five eventswere played alongside the men’sevent.

AwardsAwardsPadma AwardsPadma Awards, one of the highestcivilian Awards of the country, havebeen announced. The Presidentapproved the Awards, for 85individuals, which includes 3 PadmaVibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73Padma Shri.

Fourteen of the awardees are womenand 3 persons have been awardedposthumously.

The second highest civilian awardPadma Vibhushan has been conferredupon, Well-known classical singerUstad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, acemusic composer Ilaiyaraaja andLitterateur P Parameswaran.

In sports personalities, former Indiacricket captain Mahendra SinghDhoni and multiple world championcueist Pankaj Advani have beenconferred with the third-highestcivilian award, Padma Bhushan.

Shah Rukh Khan: Shah Rukh Khanwas awarded the Crystal Award at theWorld Economic Forum 2018 in Davos,Switzerland. He was awarded thishumanitarian award along with SirElton John and Cate Blanchett, forhis efforts to rehabilitate acid attacksurvivors through his non-profitorganisation, Meer Foundation.

Om Prakash Rawat: Om PrakashRawat takes over as the Chief ElectionCommissioner in place of Achal KumarJoti, who retired on the 19th of January.Ashok Lavasa, who retired recently asFinance Secretary, has been appointedas an Election Commissioner.

Sudeep Lakhtakia: Senior IPS officerSudeep Lakhtakia appointed as thenew Director General (DG) of the‘black cats’ commando force NSG.

Usha Ananthasubramanian: UshaAnanthasubramanian, MD and CEO,Allahabad Bank, has been elected thefirst woman Chairperson of IndianBanks’ Association (IBA). Usha waselected IBA Chairperson for the year2017-18 by its Managing Committeeon the 25th of January.

Somnath: Liquid Propulsion SystemsCentre (LPSC) director S Somanathtaken charge as the new directorof Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC).


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1. Context: The United States has itsfirst government shutdown innearly five years after senatorsfailed to reach a deal to keep thelights on, it lasted for 3 days.It’s when parts of the USgovernment close until thegovernment can decide on spendingplans. Many federal agencies closedown, so that potentially hundredsof thousands of governmentemployees have to take a leave ofabsence, often without pay. Servicessuch as national security, electricitygeneration and air traffic controlcontinue, but others considerednon-essential, like visa and passportprocessing, could be delayed. Aspending bill - called anappropriations bill in US politicalparlance - had to be passed byCongress and signed by PresidentDonald Trump.

2. India ranks 62 in InclusiveDevelopment.Inclusive development is a pro-poor approach that equally valuesand incorporates the contributionsof all stakeholders - includingmarginalized groups - inaddressing development issues. Itpromotes transparency andaccountability, and enhancesdevelopment cooperation

January 22: India was ranked at the 62nd place among emerging economies onan Inclusive Development Index, much below China’s 26th position and Pakistan’s 47th.January 23: India could witness a higher unemployment rate of 3.5 per cent in 2018, alittle more than the 3.4 per cent projected earlier, the International LabourOrganisation (ILO) has said in its latest report.January 24: Minister for Science and Technology, launched four new schemes whichseek to help young researchers to realise their potential.January 25: The Delhi declaration,of India-ASEAN said they reaffirm the importance ofmaintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom ofnavigation and overflight in the region.January 26: India celebrated 69th Republic day, and heads of the governments of ASEANgroup attended the celebration.January 27: Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki beat Romanian Simona Halep to win herfirst Grand Slam title and regain the number one ranking at the Australian Open.January 28: In Tennis, World Number Two Roger Federer has retained his Men’s Singlestitle at the Australian Open. In the summit clash in Melbourne, he defeated sixth seedMarin Cilic of Croatia.

outcomes through collaborationbetween civil society, governmentsand private sector actors.Development fails whengovernments neglect the needs ofthe very people it is designed tohelp. Yet too often, countriesundertake development policiesand programs in response to donordemands or private sector interestsat the cost of citizen involvement,resu lting in ineffectiveand sometimes destruct ivedevelopmental programs.

3. India could witness ahigher unemployment rate of 3.5per cent in 2018, a little more thanthe 3.4 per cent projected earlier,said the International LabourOrganisation.The ILO was created in 1919, as partof the Treaty of Versailles that endedWorld War I, to reflect the belief thatuniversal and lasting peace can beaccomplished only if it is based onsocial justice.The Constitution was draftedbetween January and April, 1919,by the Labour Commission set upby the Peace Conference, which firstmet in Paris and then in Versailles.Its Head Quarters is in Geneva,Switzerland.

4. A novelty of this year’s Padmaawards list was Padma Shris beinggiven to one person from all

10 Asean nations to mark 25 yearsof India’s partnership with thesoutheast Asian grouping.Padma Awards were instituted inthe year 1954. Except for briefinterruptions during the years 1977to 1980 and 1993 to 1997, theseawards have been announcedevery year on Republic Day. Theaward is given in three categories,viz. Padma Vibhushan, PadmaBhushan and Padma Shri, in thedecreasing order of importance.Padma Vibhushan for “exceptionaland distinguished service”. PadmaV ibhushan is second highestcivilian award in India. PadmaBhushan for “distinguished serviceof a high order”. Padma Bhushanis third highest civilian award inIndia . Padma Shri is awarded for“distinguished service”. Padma Shriis last and fourth highest civilianaward in India.

5. Chinese scientists have clonedmonkeys using the same techniquethat produced Dolly the sheep twodecades ago.Clones are organisms that areexact genetic copies. Every singlebit of their DNA is identical. Clonescan happen naturally—identicaltwins are just one of manyexamples. Or they can be made inthe lab. Below, find out how

natural identical twins are similarto and different from clones madethrough modern cloningtechnologies. Many people firstheard of cloning when Dolly theSheep showed up on the scene in1997. Artifi cial cloningtechnologies have been around formuch longer than Dolly, though.There are two ways to make anexact genetic copy of an organismin a lab: artificial embryo twinningand somatic cell nuclear transfer.

6. With an aim to further trade ties,India and ASEAN on the 26th ofJanuary agreed to target a swiftconclusion to the comprehensiveand mutually beneficial RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP) in 2018.

Regional Comprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP) is a proposedfree trade agreement (FTA) betweenthe ten member states of theAssociation of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) (Brunei,Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore, Thailand,Vietnam) and the six states withwhich ASEAN has existing free tradeagreements (Australia, China, India,Japan, South Korea and NewZealand.

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